The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-22
CITY MATTERS IN GENERAL


LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL GAME
between Boston and Indianapolis clubs. Athletic
Park. o'clock r.
MEETING OF MUSIC FESTIVAL COMMITTEES,
New Denison Hotel. parlor A.
/ MEETING OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN, evening
| GUsTAvE DoRE's BIBLE TABLEAUx-Tom-
| In Brief
| The commissioners to construct the soldiers
monument will mest at the Auditor of States Of
| fee next Tuesday morning for organization.
John Niger, living on West Washington street,
was arrested last night on the charge OF stealing
shotgun from his neighbor, Edward Taylor.
Adolph Lentz. who keeps a saloon on North
street. near Bright, was arrested last night a
| warrant charging him with selling beer last
! Sunday.
| and daughter we're thrown from their buggy.
North East street, and badly injured. Mrs.
Forernan's arm was fractured and her daughters
nose was broken.
Massachusetts avenue, near Peru street. has po-
lice aspirations and for several days has been
personatirg officer in his section Of the city.
He was arrested last night.
James Fl. Doyle. living at No. 319 West
MARYLAND street. was declared insane yesterday.
On Monday night he was found the street
near his home and locked He is thirty nine
years OF age, and Is a day laborer.
The following building permits were issued
Yesterday: William Owens, frame cottage
Elm street, near Cedar. $700: John Cotri.l. seven
room frame QWell1ng on Eletcner avenue near
Reid street. 81, 200; Mrs Ida Butterworth,
frame cottage on Tennessee street, near Thir-
tsenrh, 81. 700.
The following persons were licensed to marry
YESTERDAY: Theodore Wahle and Minnie Jones.
Charles McCarty and Ella A. Green, Albert
Marmarowskv and Fredrika ]. Knebler. David
w. Fetty and CHRISTINA Clark. Andrew N.
Mitchell and Carrie j. Fulton. Rollyn Hawkins
and Ella NJ. Unger, Joel Jessup and Maria Al
len.
The county board of equalization is making
satisfactory progress with its work. and will
complete the list of corporations to-day, when
the Hecla Mining Company will be finally con-
sidered. Several witnesses. who refused to tes-
tify regarding the companys business, have
mony to-day.
The picnic OF the Fifth Presbyterian Church
to-day will be held at Roachdale on the L., d. e.
road. instead Of at Philadelphia. for the
son. the managers claim, that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company violated its contract with
them. Much trouble has been caused by the
change, az many tickets for the Philadelphia
trip have already been sold.
Mai Robert Anderson Post, G. A. r., at their
regular meeting, last Monday night. unanimous
~ Endorsed the utterances of COMMANDMENT
order for the return OF the rebel faes and also
the prompt action of Governor Foraker. of
Ohio. in employing attorneys to prevent the
surrender OF the captured flags in his State.
DELAYED IN ITS WORK.
The State Board of Equalization is delayed in
its work by the slowness with which the reports
from the various railroad companies made \
About dozen of these reports are wanting, and
the board, In order to give the companies further
time. adjourned yesterday. without doing any
business, until Tuesday next
WANTS TO BE TAKEN IN.
The petition asking the admission Of West In
dianapolls to the city in order that residents of
that section may have better school facilities is
being generally sigLed. 1t stated that the
movement being opposed by Norkyke q
Marmon, but Mr. Nordyke said Yesterday that
such q report was erroneous and came unau-
thorzed from him.
swINDLED CLERKS OUT OF CHANGE.
Al Kerr was arrested yesterday for working
the change swindle and for grand larceny. For
several days he has been going around the city
cheating clerks out of change Yesterday morn
ing he went into Kearney's restaurant, on West
Washington street, and bought cigar. He
handed the lady clerk So bill. and when she
give him more small coin. She told him she
couldn't and he proposed that he take S. bill
and get it changed. She allowed him to take the
bill and he did not return.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
Articles of incorporation were filed yesterday
with the Secretary of State for the woodburn
Loan and Savings Association, of this city,
which has capital stock of $500, 600, with
Daniel A. Goodin, John A Moore, Charles G.
Zone. Fletcher Randolph. John Fox, Charles W.
Cotton, Samuel P. Stoddard, Fred j. Bosler,
and Learner b. Leeds as directors. Articles
we're also filed for the Dovetail Body and Gear
Company, of Charlottesville. Its capital stock
is 1000. and the directors are VIM Robert
SON. o. NJ. Gregg, Peter G. Sommerville, Ed c.
Snyder. and James A. WATSON.
A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
Mayor Denny, in answer to a recent letter
urging President Cleveland to accept the State
Board Of Agricultures invitation to attend the
nd terda araiv ad tha III
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
'sWAsHINGToN. June IL, 1887.
''Hon. Caleb s. Denny. Mayor, Indianapolis, Ind:
Dear Sir-The President directs me to thank
you for the courtesy of your letter which he
finds upon his return TO Washington, wherein
you good enough to urge his acceptance of
the invitation heretofore presented, TO visit In
danapolis at the time of the State fair, in Sep
tember next. and to say that he REGRETS that his
plans for the autumn are not sufficiently ma
tured to enable him 70 send you any definite
reply. Very respectfully,
ID. g. LAMONT. Private Secretary"
AN INSURANCE coMPANYs PROPOSED OFFICERS
The Indianapolis German Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company held meeting last night to
nominate a ticket from which nine directors and
a secretary are to be chosen at tho third annual
election, which occurs on the fourth Tuesday IN
July. The persons nominated were:
For secretary-Hermann Sieboldt by reclamation
> For Directors-G. &. krug. Henry Spiehoff, FIR.
Ostermeyer Gustav Stark. Henry Bauer. Frederick
Thoms. John Buddenbaum, Christ Teckenbrock.
Christ Renner. Henzel Kautskv H. j. Scharn, Christ
Book. G. Gompf. Clemens Vonnegut, VIM. Wei
land. Michael Mode Louis Hollweg r. Klause. FIR.
Ruskaupt. Henry Geisel Val Schlotzhauer. William
Pfaffiin Phillip. Reichwein. Frank A Maus. Nick
hofmeister, William Hauesen. Henry Kuerst and
George Manifold.
The company does business only in Center
township, and the reports to be submitted at the
annual meeting show an unusually prosperous
year.
INTERESTING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BIBLE
the panoramic pictures of the Bible, taken
from the designs of Gustave Dore on exhibition
at Tomlinson Hall, supply lesson of great
value. The artistic groupings and ideals of the
great artist closely preserved. and, as each
picture is brought before the spectator, the ia
miliar historical incidents of the Bible come TO
the mind refreshed. In the series are twenty